The 2026 All England Open, officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2026 for sponsorship reasons, was a badminton tournament that took place at the Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, from 3 to 8 March and had a total prize of US$1,450,000.
Tournament
The 2026 All England Open is the sixth tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and is part of the All England Open championships, which have been held since 1899. This tournament is organized by the Badminton England with sanction from the BWF.
Venue
This tournament has been held at the Utilita Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.
Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.
Prize pool
The total prize money is US$1,450,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
- Shi Yuqi (first round)
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (semi-finals)
- Anders Antonsen (first round)
- Jonatan Christie (second round)
- Christo Popov (quarter-finals)
- Li Shifeng (quarter-finals)
- Chou Tien-chen (second round)
- Alex Lanier (first round)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
- An Se-young (final)
- Wang Zhiyi (champion)
- Chen Yufei (semi-finals)
- Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals)
- Han Yue (first round)
- Putri Kusuma Wardani (quarter-finals)
- Ratchanok Intanon (first round)
- Pornpawee Chochuwong (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
- Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (champions)
- Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (final)
- Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (quarter-finals)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (first round)
- Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (second round)
- Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun (quarter-finals)
- Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (first round)
- Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (second round)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
- Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (champions)
- Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (semi-finals)
- Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (semi-finals)
- Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (final)
- Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (quarter-finals)
- Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi (second round)
- Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (first round)
- Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
- Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (second round)
- Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (quarter-finals)
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran (withdrew)
- Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (first round)
- Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (final)
- Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (semi-finals)
- Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (semi-finals)
- Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (first round)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
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